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Monday, September 30, 2013

In the follow-up to Lisa Desrochers’ explosive New Adult
novel A Little too Far, Alessandro Moretti must face the life
he escaped and the girl he loved and left behind.

Twenty-two year old Hilary McIntyre would like nothing more
than to forget her past. As a teenager abandoned to the system, she faced some
pretty dark times. But now that’s all behind her. Hilary has her life on track,
and there’s no way she’ll head back down that road again.

Until Alessandro Moretti—the one person who can make her
remember—shows up on her doorstep. He’s even more devastatingly gorgeous than
before, and he’s much too close for comfort. Worse, he sees right through the
walls she’s built over these last eight years, right into her heart and the
secrets she’s guarding.

As Hilary finds herself falling back into love with the man
who, as a boy both saved and destroyed her, she must decide. Past or future?
Truth or lies?

They called it the Thorn Hill Massacre—the
brutal attack on a once-thriving Weir community. Though Jonah Kinlock lived
through it, he did not emerge unscathed: like the other survivors, Jonah
possesses unique magical gifts that set him apart from members of the mainline
guilds. At seventeen, Jonah has become the deadliest assassin in Nightshade, a
global network that hunts the undead. He is being groomed to succeed Gabriel
Mandrake, the sorcerer, philanthropist, and ruthless music promoter who
established the Thorn Hill Foundation, the public face of Nightshade. More and
more, Jonah’s at odds with Gabriel’s tactics and choice of targets. Desperate to
help his dying brother Kenzie, Jonah opens doors that Gabriel prefers to keep
closed.Emma Claire Greenwood grew up worlds away, raised by a
grandfather who taught her music rather than magic. An unschooled wild child,
she runs the streets until the night she finds her grandfather dying, gripping a
note warning Emma that she might be in danger. The clue he leaves behind leads
Emma into Jonah’s life—and a shared legacy of secrets and lingering
questions.Was Thorn Hill really a peaceful commune? Or was it, as the
Wizard Guild claims, a hotbed of underguild terrorists? The Wizards’ suspicions
grow when members of the mainline guilds start turning up dead. They blame
Madison Moss and the Interguild Council, threatening the fragile peace brokered
at Trinity.Racing against time, Jonah and Emma work to uncover the truth
about Thorn Hill, amid growing suspicion that whoever planned the Thorn Hill
Massacre might strike again.

Seeking Havok

by Lila Felix

Her life is just as messed up as her
name.All she wanted was a friend---one that knew her and not her
circumstances. She needed somewhere to call home. Hers was an open door for
countless men looking for the services her mother offered them. She camouflaged
herself against lockers and blackboards to avoid the stares and whispers at
school.And then she found Cal...and Fade.Cal lives like
Frankenstein, rising at night to work and just trying to make it until dawn. He
avoids most relationships, afraid of the things he will be asked to do. He
moonlights as Fade, a radio station DJ who spends hours counseling his peers on
their troubles. It was all mundane until Jocelyn called the station.Cal
and Havok pursue a friendship.Jocelyn and Fade pursue a relationship
beyond the confines of the radio waves.But when Havok disappears, Cal
will find that Havok has been guarding a lifetime worth of secrets. And when
Fade and Jocelyn’s all night phone conversations cease, he finds a link between
them he never saw coming.

Unbreakable

by Kami Garcia

I never believed in ghosts. Until one tried to kill me.

When Kennedy
Waters finds her mother dead, her world begins to unravel. She doesn’t know that
paranormal forces in a much darker world are the ones pulling the strings. Not
until identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into Kennedy’s room and
destroy a dangerous spirit sent to kill her. The brothers reveal that her mother
was part of an ancient secret society responsible for protecting the world from
a vengeful demon — a society whose five members were all murdered on the same
night.Now Kennedy has to take her mother’s place in the Legion if she
wants to uncover the truth and stay alive. Along with new Legion members Priest
and Alara, the teens race to find the only weapon that might be able to destroy
the demon — battling the deadly spirits he controls every step of the
way.

Red Hill

by Jamie McGuire

When the world ends, can love
survive?

For Scarlet, raising her two daughters alone makes fighting for
tomorrow an everyday battle. Nathan has a wife, but can’t remember what it’s
like to be in love; only his young daughter Zoe makes coming home worthwhile.
Miranda’s biggest concern is whether her new VW Bug is big enough to carry her
sister and their boyfriends on a weekend escape from college finals.When
reports of a widespread, deadly “outbreak” begin to surface, these ordinary
people face extraordinary circumstances and suddenly their fates are
intertwined. Recognizing they can’t outrun the danger, Scarlet, Nathan, and
Miranda desperately seek shelter at the same secluded ranch, Red Hill. Emotions
run high while old and new relationships are tested in the face of a terrifying
enemy—an enemy who no longer remembers what it’s like to be human.Set
against the backdrop of a brilliantly realized apocalyptic world, love somehow
finds a way to survive. But what happens when the one you’d die for becomes the
one who could destroy you?

Countdown

by Michelle Rowen

3 seconds left to live. Once the countdown
starts, it cannot be stopped.2 pawns thrown into a brutal underground
reality game.Kira Jordan survived her family's murder and months on
plague-devastated city streets with hard-won savvy and a low-level psi ability.
She figures she can handle anything. Until she wakes up in a barren room,
chained next to the notorious Rogan Ellis.1 reason Kira will never,
ever trust Rogan. Even though both their lives depend on it.Their every
move is controlled and televised for a vicious exclusive audience. And as Kira's
psi skill unexpectedly grows and Rogan's secrets prove evermore deadly, Kira's
only chance of survival is to risk trusting him as much as her instincts. Even
if that means running head-on into the one trap she can't escape. GAME
0VER

Endless Knight

(The Arcana Chronicles)

by Kresley Cole

In the second book of the Arcana Chronicles
Evie has now fully come into her powers as the tarot Empress. And Jackson was
there to see it all. In the aftermath of killing Arthur, the tarot Alchemist,
Evie realizes that a war is brewing between the other teens that, following the
apocalypse, have been given powers and its kill or be killed. Things get
even more complicated when Evie meets Death, the mysterious, sexy Endless
Knight. Somehow the Empress and Death share a romantic history - one that Evie
can't remember, but Death can't forget. She is drawn to the Endless Knight, but
is in love with Jack. Determined to discover why she's been granted these
powers, Evie struggles to accept her place in a prophecy that will either save
the world, or completely destroy it.

Beautiful Rose

by Missy Johnson

Jack Falcon is a new man. Three years
after he left his life behind in London, Jack finally feels settled. He’s
surrounded with everything that is important to him; a great relationship with
his brother, Alex, a bar he is about to re-open, and most importantly, he has
control of his life and his dreams. He knows he can’t undo the wrongs of his
past, but he sure as hell can determine his future. He has worked hard to move
forward and nothing is going to undo that.Until he meets Rose.Rose
Wilson has never felt normal. Since she was a child, Rose has felt nothing but
the overwhelming desire to end her life and she has no idea why. We live to die,
so what’s the point in living? Rose has pushed the limits in the past, and
pushed people away. She can’t figure out why Jack and Alex are so insistent on
helping her. Twelve years of therapy has failed to help her, so why should they
be any different?Jack sees just how beautiful and important Rose is, but
convincing her of that means putting his heart on the line, something he isn’t
sure he can do. He can’t deny his feeling for Rose, but that doesn’t mean he has
to act on them. And Jack isn’t the only one developing feelings for Rose.
Before Rose, Jack vowed he would never let himself fall in love again.Before Rose, he had control.But sometimes, it’s losing control
that makes you really see what’s really important in your life.

Second Verse

by Jennifer Walkup

Bad things come in threes. In Shady
Springs, that includes murder.

Murder
NowLange Crawford’s move to Shady Springs, Pennsylvania, lands her
a group of awesome friends, a major crush on songwriter Vaughn, and life in a
haunted, 200-year-old farmhouse. It also brings The Hunt: an infamous murder
mystery festival where students solve a fake, gruesome murder scheme during the
week of Halloween. Well, supposedly fake.Murder
ThenWeeks before The Hunt, Lange and her friends hold a séance in
the farmhouse’s eerie barn. When a voice rushes through, whispering haunting
words that only she and Vaughn can hear, Lange realizes it's begging for help.
The mysterious voice leads Lange and Vaughn to uncover letters and photos left
behind by a murdered girl, Ginny, and they become obsessed with her story and
the horrifying threats that led to her murder.Murder Yet to
ComeBut someone doesn’t like their snooping, and Lange and Vaughn
begin receiving the same threats that Ginny once did. The mysterious words from
the barn become crucial to figuring out Ginny's past and their own, and how
closely the two are connected. They must work fast to uncover the truth or risk
finding out if history really does repeat itself.

Mrs. Poe

by Lynn Cullen

A vivid and compelling novel about a woman
who becomes entangled in an affair with Edgar Allan Poe—at the same time she
becomes the unwilling confidante of his much-younger wife.It is 1845,
and Frances Osgood is desperately trying to make a living as a writer in New
York; not an easy task for a woman—especially one with two children and a
philandering portrait painter as her husband. As Frances tries to sell her work,
she finds that editors are only interested in writing similar to that of the new
renegade literary sensation Edgar Allan Poe, whose poem, “The Raven” has struck
a public nerve.She meets the handsome and mysterious Poe at a literary
party, and the two have an immediate connection. Poe wants Frances to meet with
his wife since she claims to be an admirer of her poems, and Frances is curious
to see the woman whom Edgar married.As Frances spends more and more time
with the intriguing couple, her intense attraction for Edgar brings her into
dangerous territory. And Mrs. Poe, who acts like an innocent child, is actually
more manipulative and threatening than she appears. As Frances and Edgar’s
passionate affair escalates, Frances must decide whether she can walk away
before it’s too late...

How to Love

by Katie Cotugno

Before: Reena Montero has loved Sawyer
LeGrande for as long as she can remember: as natural as breathing, as endless as
time. But he’s never seemed to notice that Reena even exists…until one day,
impossibly, he does. Reena and Sawyer fall in messy, complicated love. But then
Sawyer disappears from their humid Florida town without a word, leaving a
devastated—and pregnant—Reena behind.

After: Almost three years have
passed, and there’s a new love in Reena’s life: her daughter, Hannah. Reena’s
gotten used to being without Sawyer, and she’s finally getting the hang of this
strange, unexpected life. But just as swiftly and suddenly as he disappeared,
Sawyer turns up again. Reena doesn’t want anything to do with him, though she’d
be lying if she said Sawyer’s being back wasn’t stirring something in her. After
everything that’s happened, can Reena really let herself love Sawyer LeGrande
again?

Cursed

by S.J. Harper

Meet FBI Agents Emma Monroe and
Zack Armstrong.She's cursed. He's damned. Together, they make one hell of a
team.

Emma Monroe is a Siren, cursed by the gods and bound to
earth to atone for an ancient failure. She’s had many names and many lives, but
only one mission: redemption. Now that she works missing persons cases for the
FBI, it could be just a rescue away. Unless her new partner leads her
astray.Special Agent Zack Armstrong just transferred into the San Diego
Field Office. He’s a werewolf, doing his best to beat back the demons from his
dark and dangerous past. As a former Black Ops sniper, he’s taken enough lives.
Now he’s doing penance by saving them.Emma and Zack’s very first case
draws them deep into the realm of the paranormal, and forces them to use their
own supernatural abilities. But that leaves each of them vulnerable, and there
are lines partners should not cross. As secrets are revealed and more women go
missing, one thing becomes clear: as they race to save the victims, Emma and
Zack risk losing themselves.

Wild Cards

by Simone Elkeles

After getting kicked out of boarding
school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy
stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to
worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in
Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last
thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s family
drama.Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about
leave without a backward glance. A football scholarship would finally give her
the chance to leave. So she pours everything into winning a state championship,
until her boyfriend and star quarterback betrays them all by joining their rival
team. Ashtyn needs a new game plan, but it requires trusting Derek—someone she
barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart
on the line to try and win it all?

Welcome everyone!! Thank you for stopping by and checking out our post for THE MEPHISTO MARK blog tour. I absolutely LOVE this series and sooooo happy to be a part of this tour.Many thanks to Inkslinger PR and of course Trinity Faegan for everything!!

All You Need Is Hope

A friend of mine who doesn’t read romance or young adult
asked me what my Mephisto books are about. I told her, and she said, “I’m
surprised you write such grim, depressing stuff, especially considering how
much you love romance novels.” I decided I suck at telling people about the
Mephisto. She didn’t get it at all, even remotely.

Okay, sure, the stories are about guys whose father is the
dark angel of death, the one who ferries souls to Hell. And the brothers are
all doomed to Hell unless they can find and feel real love. But ultimately, the
stories are about hope. The overarching storyline is one of hope – for the
brothers, for the women they find and want to love, for Lucifer and Mephistopheles,
for humanity, and ultimately, for the oldest brother, Eryx, the only soul in
existence who nobody wants – neither God, nor Lucifer. Reviled and hated,
Eryx’s defeat is the reason for the existence of the Mephisto. He’s evil down
to his fingernails, without a shred of compassion or honor or even dignity. He
doesn’t yearn for love and acceptance. He believes power will deliver what he
needs, but he doesn’t realize that what’s missing in his soul is hope.

Hope is something we all need to survive. Those who’ve
attempted suicide and survived frequently say they felt as though all hope was
gone when they decided to end their lives. Hope is why we get up every day.
It’s why we fall in love, why we go to school and have children and vote and
try the new Italian place in town. Hope makes the world keep turning, and
without it, humanity is lost.

When people pledge their souls to Eryx in the Mephisto
stories, they lose hope of happiness, of fulfillment, of peace of mind.
Ironically, in hoping to gain what they think they need to be happy, to feel
worthy, they lose their free will and any hope of contentment. I think of these
stories as a study in humanity and what makes us all more alike than different.
The world over, everyone wants pretty much the same things – respect, dignity,
admiration from our friends and colleagues, love, sustenance, and the ability
to live our lives according to our own internal moral compass. We all hope for
happiness and everything we do is because we hope we’ll find it. Hope really is
what keeps us going. As for Eryx, who has no hope, what keeps him going is a
mystery we’ll uncover in the final book of the Mephisto series.

Orphaned at six and sent to live with abusive relatives in
Bucharest, Mariah learned early in life to box up violent, agonizing memories
and put them in permanent mental storage. Now almost nineteen, she has a paying
job, a tiny apartment, and a plan to attend university. She loves her
independence and is steadily overcoming her past, but when an enigmatic
stranger walks into the pub where she works and the trajectory of her life
changes yet again, she begins to wonder if she’ll run out of mental shelf
space.

The only females unafraid of the Mephisto brothers are the
extremely rare Anabo, born without Original Sin. Over one hundred years ago,
Phoenix was first to find one, but he made a fatal mistake and she was murdered
by his oldest brother and enemy, Eryx. Phoenix soldiered through the next
century wrapped up in grief and guilt, his only outlet planning takedowns of
those who pledged their souls to Eryx. When one of his brothers brings Mariah
to Mephisto Mountain, he’s torn between his instinctive, powerful need to
pursue her, and his certainty that he can never have her.

Drawn into the world of the Mephisto, Mariah sees the pain
and misery Eryx unleashes on humanity, and the boxes in her mind begin to fly
open, one by one. All that keeps her from slipping off the edge is her
unlikely, sexually charged friendship with Phoenix. He’s incredibly screwed up;
she’s completely broken. It would take a miracle for them to find happiness.
Then Eryx brings the war for Hell to a whole new level, forcing Mariah and
Phoenix to make a choice that will bind them together for all eternity, or rip
them apart forever.

Author of the RITA winning Pink Files series, Stephanie
Feagan has had a love affair with romance novels since she was eleven and
discovered there are kissing scenes in Victoria Holt books. She spent a lot of
time in her closet with a flashlight, reading as fast as possible to get to the
end, only to start a new book and begin the whole Leave-Me-Alone-I’m-Reading
cycle all over again. She still stays up until the wee hours to finish books,
now courtesy of a lighted e-reader which she believes is mankind’s greatest
invention ever.

Stephanie also writes Young Adult and New Adult paranormal
romance as Trinity Faegen. A practicing CPA who loves travel, books, new
pencils, old keys, and smart guys, she lives in the oilfields of west Texas
with her engineer husband and a mean cat. She’d love to hear from you. She
answers to Stephanie, Trinity, Hey Lady, and Mom, and can be reached at Stephanie@StephanieFeagan.com or Trinity@TrinityFaegen.com

She’s aware the similarity between her pseudonym, Faegen,
and her real name, Feagan, confuses pretty much everyone, herself included.
Since so many mispronounce Feagan as FEEgan instead of FAYgan, she thought
she’d mix it up when she took a pseudonym and make it easier on people. Now
people say FayEEgen, and spell it wrong. Next time she takes a pen name, she’s
totally going with Smith or Jones.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

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Four years ago, Kacey Cleary’s life imploded when her car was hit by a drunk
driver, killing her parents, boyfriend, and best friend. Still haunted by
memories of being trapped inside, listening to her mother take her last breath,
Kacey wants to leave her past behind. Armed with two bus tickets, Kacey and her
fifteen-year-old sister, Livie, escape Grand Rapids, Michigan, to start over in
Miami. They’re struggling to make ends meet at first, but Kacey’s not worried.
She can handle anything—anything but her mysterious neighbor in apartment
1D.Trent Emerson has smoldering blue eyes and deep dimples, and perfectly skates
that irresistible line between nice guy and bad boy. Hardened by her tragic
past, Kacey is determined to keep everyone at a distance, but their mutual
attraction is undeniable, and Trent is desperate to find a way into Kacey’s
guarded heart—even if it means revealing an explosive secret that could shatter
both their worlds.

Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first
book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a
box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a
genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen
currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband,
two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Riviera Benson has a talent...one she discovered by accident. She’s a painter, but canvas isn’t her medium. She creates her lovely masterpieces on walls and ceilings of million dollar homes as murals and faux finishes. Her art is in high demand now, but life wasn’t always that way. Riviera has secrets from her past she intends to keep tightly locked away...terrifying secrets that keep her awake at night...that prevent her from getting close to anyone...anyone that is, until she meets Shan.Benjamin Shandon, owner of Shandon Homes, works like a thousand demons are chasing him...because perhaps they are. His business has boomed, ever since the forest fire swept through the canyon and destroyed hundreds of million dollar homes. He demands excellence in everything...from his employees to his women. He slows down for nothing, keeping a schedule that no sane person would want. But Riviera interrupts everything, twisting his guts inside out, and wedging her way into his heart, destroying a promise he made to himself.Will they let their pasts control their future, or will they decide to let go and allow their hearts to discover each other’s?

This book contains mature content and is not intended for younger readers.

One day, on her way home from work as a sales manager, A. M. Hargrove, realized her life was on fast forward and if she didn't do something soon, it would quickly be too late to write that work of fiction she had been dreaming of her whole life. So, she rolled down the passenger window of her fabulous (not) company car and tossed out her leather briefcase. Luckily, the pedestrian in the direct line of fire was a dodge ball pro and had über quick reflexes enabling him to avoid getting bashed in the head. Feeling a tad guilty about the near miss, A. M. made a speedy turn down a deserted side street before tossing her crummy, outdated piece-of-you-know-what laptop out the window. She breathed a liberating sigh of relief, picked up her cell phone, called her boss and quit her job. Grinning, she made another call to her hubs and told him of her new adventure (after making sure his heart was beating properly again).

So began A. M. Hargrove's career as a YA/NA and Adult Romance writer. Her books include the following: Edge of Disaster, Shattered Edge and Kissing Fire (The Edge Series); The Guardians of Vesturon series (Survival, Resurrection, Determinant, reEmergent and Beginnings); Dark Waltz and Tragically Flawed.Other than being in love with writing about being in love, she loves chocolate, ice cream and coffee and is positive they should be added as part of the USDA food groups.

SQUEEEEE!!!! OMG this book was so fabulous. Am I
surprised? NOPE, not one bit. A.M. Hargrove is one of those authors that I know
I am going to love whatever she puts out there. Tragically Flawed is no
exception and completely blew me away!!

First, let me say that A.M. Hargrove
can write a beautifully epic love story. They are filled with so much passion
you are instantly transformed. With amazing, well-developed, strong characters,
you find yourself completely immersed in the journey that they are on.
Emotionally tied and altogether invested in their lives, you know you are in for
a phenomenal experience when all of the sudden a pivotal moment happens and then
OMG...its like BAM...your world is turned upside down. A.M. Hargrove just came
on the loud speaker and said "Ladies and Gentlemen, hold on to your hats because
its about to get bumpy"...I mean, EXPLOSIVE twists and turns that leave you
reeling..

Tragically Flawed is just that awesome. It is brilliantly written.
From that enthralling first chapter (AND let me say that it seduces you with a
stunning scene)to the very end where you are breathing heavily, shaking your
head, thinkiong HOLY CRAP did all that just happen?? Physically quivering from
the overload of emotions that you just experienced.

You fall in love with
Riviera and Shan, from their sorted past to the hopeful future they may have.
From the artistically talented Riv to the stubborn, hard-working, yet
compassionate gentle Shan; you wrap yourself up in the magical words on the
pages of Tragically Flawed.

Be ready to throw everything else out the
window, cause when you pick this book up, you will not put it down until you
finish.

Riveting, compelling, steamy, and absolutely romantic, Tragically
Flawed is a MUST READ for 2013...

"Gia had let
Beppe into her life so easily, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
She’d held him when he’d hurt so badly he’d thought he might die; she’d talked
him down when he’d been so angry he’d considered doing something he’d regret for
the rest of his life.Gia had saved his life.At least once he
needed to be strong for her.This right now, this moment, was theirs. It
belonged to them, not to abusive or dead fathers, not to guilt, regret or
sorrow, not to the past or the future."But will their love survive
when tragedy separates them?“I have to go, Gia. I’m tired and I
feel empty. I know you need me, but I have nothing left to give you. I need to
heal.”“I miss you so much it’s hard to
breathe.”

NOW"Beppe was still Gia’s closest
friend. But they’d never be anything more than that again. Remembering what it
felt like to have the person you love most in the world be torn away from you
still hurt. Gia was determined never to be put into that position
again."

There was never lack of love, but can Beppe win Gia’s trust
again?FOREVER

“When I was broken you gave
me pieces of yourself and made me whole again.”

Hi, my name
is Teodora and I live in London with my husband Ted and my son Jason. I've been
writing ever since I can remember, but it became my full time job in 2010 when
I decided that everything else I've tried bores me to death and I have to do
what I've always wanted to do, but never had to guts to fully embrace. I've
been a journalist, an editor, a personal assistant and an interior designer
among another things, but as soon as the novelty of the new, exciting job wears
off, I always go back to writing. Being twitchy, impatient, loud and hasty are
not qualities that help a writer, because I have to sit alone, preferably
still, and write for most of the day, but I absolutely love it. It's the only
time that I'm truly at peace and the only thing I can do for more than ten
minutes at a time - my son has a bigger attention span than me.

When I'm procrastinating, I like to go to the gym, cook Italian meals (and eat
them), read, listen to rock music, watch indie movies and True Blood re-runs.
Or, in the worst case scenario, get beaten at every Wii game by a six year old.

Kathryn's GR Reading Challenge

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AWESOME!!!!!
Full review....
Lila Felix has blown me away...With Lightning Kissed, she has created a unique, intriguing world that draws the reader in to the complex and dynamic storyline featuring some fascinating characters.
We begin ...

A.M. Hargrove has really outdone herself this time.
She threw me for a loop with this one and just wow!!!
I was eagerly awaiting Kade's book because he is the one brother we haven't had a lot of exposure to. He also had such a hard life...